Topics

• Basic Internet Concepts.

• Types of Information.

• Search Tools & Techniques.

• Managing Internet Resources.

• Browsing a mail.

• Composing a mail.

• Attaching & Sending a file.

Basic Internet Terminology

• What is the Internet?

– Network of Computer Networks – Telecommunications – Protocols – Uses • Information Networks – Libraries – Research Centers

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Open the Internet explorer

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By double click this Icon.

The Address or URL is typed in here.

This page is being viewed in the Internet Explorer Browser. Browsers allow computers to read Hyper Text Mark-up Language OR HTML

After Entering a URL address in the address box click ok “go” or hit the RETURN key. In this example we have entered http://www.who.int for the WHO website

Links to other pages are usually underlined or in another colour of text.

The arrow buttons on the tool bar allow users to move back and forward to pages within the website.

Home page button

The house icon on the tool bar will take you back to the browser’s default Home Page.

Types of Information

• Library Catalogues • Multimedia • Reference Tools • Journals, Newspapers & Magazines • Databases

Sources of Information

• Academic Institutions • Government Agencies • Publishers – Commercial - Proprietary Databases – Non Profit • Professional organizations • International Agencies http://www.who.int/tdr/

Internet Search tools

• Which search tools are needed?

– Directories – Search Engines – Meta Search Engines – Invisible or Deep Web

Search Engines

• Search Engines – What are search engines?

– Components of a search engine – Search Options • Search Box : Google http://www.google.com

• Natural Language : http://sp.ask.com/docs/help/

The Google search engine

This is the Google search engine. Type your query into the Google search box and click on the “Google Search” button

Search results on Google

This is how Google presents the results of your search. Follow the links to the websites you wish to visit.

Web Search Techniques

• Searching – Which Tools?

• Types of Searches – Browsing – Keyword Searching – Full Text Searching

Advanced Searching Techniques - Tips

• Truncation • Proximity Searching – Phrase searching – Near operator.

• Case sensitivity

More Search Techniques

• Field Specific Searching – Title – Date – URL • Language Restrictions

Managing Internet Resources

• Bookmarks – What is a Bookmark?

• Netscape • Favorites • Internet Explorer • Offline Activity

Adding favorites 1

To add a page to Favorites click on the link on the Tool bar.

Adding favorites 2

You can now give your new Favorite a name.

Adding favorites 3

When you select favorites from the tool bar you can see that your page has been added to the list.

Type the URL Name

Type Your Username .

Type Your Password .

Gmail INBOX

This is the Tool Box.

In which You Have Your MailBox Details as INBOX SENT DRAFTS CONTACTS This is the Contact Details in which You have the Details of the persons in your address book.

The Green Colour is for the persons who are online at the moment.

The Yellow Colour is for the persons who are online BYT Busy.

The Ash Colour is the people not in online.

This is the Mail searching area where we can search our mails

A MAIL

How to Print an Individual Email Message in Gmail

If you open a message, Gmail automatically displays the complete thread. This is extremely useful as it lets you see the context immediately and without having to search for previous correspondence.

Print an Individual Email Message in Gmail

Open the desired message. If the message is collapsed in a thread, click its headline to expand it. Click the down arrow next to

Reply

. If you see no

Reply

button, click

More options

. Select

Print

from the menu. Print the page that comes up.

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Computer viruses are small software programs that are designed to spread from one computer to another and to interfere with computer operation.

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A virus might corrupt or delete data on your computer

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Viruses are most easily spread by attachments in e-mail messages or instant messaging messages.

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They can be hidden in software or other files or programs you might download.

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To help avoid viruses, it's essential that you keep your computer current with the latest updates and antivirus tools .